Institutional Repository
What is an Institutional Repository (IR)?
An Institutional Repository contains a wide range of Open Access online material reflecting the intellectual wealth of an institution. It usually contains journals, conference papers, working papers, Masters and Doctoral theses.
Charles Darwin University's Institutional Repository is CDU eSpace
Establishing an institutional repository enables a university to publicise its research by enabling access to the work of its staff and students. Source SPARC
Repository support is provided by CAIRSS, the CAUL Australian Institutional Repository Support Service.
Open Access Week
Open Scholarship
Open Scholarship is a broad term used to
describe developments such as Open Access, Open Science, Open Education and
other 'Open' initiatives. It encourages collaboration with researchers, cooperation with government and development of infrastructure.
Enabling Open
Scholarship (EOS) is an organisation for universities and research institutions accross the globe. EOS focuses on the creation, dissemination and preservation of research findings and is a forum for raising and discussing issues around the mission of modern universities and research institutions.
Open Access
What is Open Access?
“Open Access is free online access to the outputs of publicly funded research. This includes journal articles, conference papers, theses, reports, and any other outputs. Because the research is publicly funded, the principle is to make the results freely and readily available to all. Readers can then access the material and use it for their own teaching and research purposes”. Source JISC
Discover more about Open Access, including approaches, types, and the benefits of Open Access.
Other Open Access resources:
Budapest Open Archives Initiative
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
SPARC Open Access Newsletter
Creative Commons
Copyright
Copyright applies to repositories in the Open Access environment. The following sources provide some guidelines on understanding legislation and your rights surrounding these issues.
Author Rights: Ascertain what rights you have as Copyright holders.
OakLaw Project: The project develops legal protocols for managing copyright issues in an Open Access environment.
Creative Commons: Copyright owners can use free licences and tools that allow others to legally share and reuse their material.
For additional information go to Copyright@CDU.
What can you do?
As an Author what can you do to support Open Access?
Let colleagues know that publishing in an Open Access peer reviewed journal gives them more reach for their research.
Submit your research articles to OA journals.
Deposit your work(s) in the Open Access repository, CDU eSpace.
Think before signing over your Rights to the publisher.
Source Open Access Week Flyer
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